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Post by des on Jun 10, 2012 5:51:02 GMT
Wow! Another great find Ramon. Note the long bill which is completely yellow on the lower mandible, the rather grey crown and neck contrasting with the rich olive wings, the eyebrow that does a loop over the eye, is weak behind the eye and finishes at the bill and has a matching crescent below the eye, the greyish to white underparts, the creamy yellow wash to the face and throat. KG: 'breeding noted in June' which fits, and this must be the first nest to be documented.
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Post by des on Jun 9, 2012 8:56:59 GMT
'The best place to go to for the Silvery Kingfisher is Bohol.' McGregor considered that there were 2 species: Silvery Kingfisher of Mindanao etc and Steere's River Kingfisher of Bohol etc. It has recently been suggested that that is the better arrangement. The names suggested are Northern Silvery and Southern Silvery. Northern has buff lores and chin and richer blue underparts; Southern adults have white lores and throat and steely blue underparts. If you check through the photos on the web you can see that the differences are noticeable. There used to be a cooperative Southern Silvery at the Eagle Centre in Davao I believe, and also one in PICOP. But surely the best place to see any bird is in a new place Try Biliran for Northern and almost anywhere off-the-beaten track on Mindanao for Southern.
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Jun 9, 2012 8:44:32 GMT
Post by des on Jun 9, 2012 8:44:32 GMT
Thanks, Clemn. We have to be careful about info on birds in the Philippines getting in to the wrong hands, but knowing which areas birds occur in can be significant both for their direct conservation, and for understanding what is happening to the environment over the long-term. Unfortunately the Philippines largely lacks reliable data sets of which species occur where, other than birds killed for museums. For scientific purposes we need to know where and when birds are seen. When because some birds can move around an island according to season, even if they are resident there. Godo: where do you archive your bird records of eg Negros for the scientific community?
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Post by des on Jun 8, 2012 8:31:18 GMT
Borgz, these are Pacific Swallows. I wold expect that all the Barn Swallows have left the Philippines now for more northerly countries.
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Jun 8, 2012 8:28:43 GMT
Post by des on Jun 8, 2012 8:28:43 GMT
Very nice! This species is usually seen on small islands like Tablas, Camiguin Sur etc. I can't remember the last record for Negros. WBCP records would like to know date and barangay.
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Post by des on Jun 7, 2012 7:03:59 GMT
Great photos and documentation, Ely. The young bird has a noticeably shorter bill, with a whitish tip. It seems to have more pale blue on the head too.
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Post by des on Jun 7, 2012 7:01:45 GMT
Very interesting. Have you photographed any nests of this species there?
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Post by des on May 28, 2012 9:10:57 GMT
1-3 Black-naped Monarch; 4 Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Yellow-vented Bulbul; 5 Pygmy flowerpecker (Mindanao race with black chest stripe); 6 Yellow-breasted Fruitdove immature; 7 Purple-throated Sunbird ssp juliae; 8 Plain-throated sunbird; 9 Two female? Purple-throated Sunbirds; 10 mystery cuckoo; 11 Grey-streaked Flycatcher; 12 Coleto; 13 White-bellied Munia; 14 Philippine Drongo-cuckoo
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Post by des on May 13, 2012 17:41:59 GMT
That's from the big Helm guide, Steve
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Post by des on May 13, 2012 7:20:23 GMT
Steve, females average 6% larger on lengths and can be considerably heavier (according to Ferguson-Lees and Christie). So if I had to choose with a gun to my head, I would go for male. But not otherwise
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Post by des on May 10, 2012 14:58:15 GMT
Very nice! Only endemic to Costa Rica and Western Panama though, Ely. It is because of the shared mountain range.
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May 9, 2012 7:35:01 GMT
Post by des on May 9, 2012 7:35:01 GMT
Yes. Lovely Sunbird has been split in two. Lovely now refers to the Palawan birds, and Handsome to the others. If you check out photos you will see they are quite different.
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Post by des on May 8, 2012 19:25:12 GMT
Yes Bobby. Palawan Blue FC. Very nice!
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May 8, 2012 8:06:49 GMT
Post by des on May 8, 2012 8:06:49 GMT
I'm not 100% sure but it looks small and grey. It lacks any yellow bill flange that would suggest a juvenile, and also lacks white outer tail feathers and a red eye. I need to see the rump to be sure.
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May 6, 2012 19:46:52 GMT
Post by des on May 6, 2012 19:46:52 GMT
Female Handsome Sunbird I think
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Post by des on May 6, 2012 12:36:46 GMT
Nice! How high off the ground was the nest?
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Post by des on May 6, 2012 11:20:54 GMT
Lovely shot of a juvenile
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Post by des on May 4, 2012 7:04:51 GMT
Thanks Karl, a list would be good. Did you not see or manage to photograph any land birds like the endemic ssp of the Hair-crested Drongo or of the Mantanani Scops Owl? Kentish Plover is quite variable and your bird here does not have a very distinct eye line. We used to have lots of Kentish reported as Malaysian but ID skills have improved vastly over the last 10 years :-)
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Post by des on May 3, 2012 17:28:14 GMT
Yes it is Malaysian Plover, Karl Note the complete black neck collar at the back, very narrow in front, the rounded crown, the indistinct black eyeline, rather mottled back. Cuyo is not a surprising place for it. We get almost no records of any birds from there, so any photos, even 0.01% as good as these stunners would be very interesting.
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Post by des on May 3, 2012 13:29:53 GMT
The plover looks more like Malaysian Plover. Where did you take this?
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